Not much can start a fight quicker than the eternal debate over barbecue. Loyalists from Texas, Memphis, and the Carolinas have for decades stood prepared to give it all in defense of their region’s specific blend of meat, seasoning, cooking method, and sauce.​Jackson, for many, symbolizes a sort of crossroads in this ongoing barbecue war. Situated on middle ground as much by history and culture as by physical location, Jackson has developed its own style of barbecue that seems to blend defining characteristics of each of the others while at the same time retaining a very unique style all its own.